2024 CEA Convention: Full Schedule

10:45am PDT

Choral Reading Session

Thursday October 24, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am PDT

Enjoy the opportunity to sing through some of our favorite choral literature. All who love to sing are welcome, and directors are encouraged to bring a song to share!

Chairperson

Sarah Horton

5-12 Band Director, 6 - 12 Choirs, Grandville Calvin Christian Schools

Sarah and Karel lead the music department at Calvin Christian Middle and High School, and share the teaching responsibilities with the younger and developing choirs.

Karel de Waal Malefyt

Thursday October 24, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am PDT
146 Choir room, 1st floor

Session

Audience General
Subject Music

11:55am PDT

RT - 6 - 12 Bible Teachers

Thursday October 24, 2024 11:55am - 12:55pm PDT

146

Round Table Discussion with other 6th - 12th Grade Bible Teachers

Chairperson

Devon Scott

Bible Teacher, Holland Christian High School

Bible Teacher at Holland Christian High School who loves discussing the connection between theology and culture! Devon has been married for 10 years, and has 3 beautiful children!

Thursday October 24, 2024 11:55am - 12:55pm PDT
146 Choir room, 1st floor

Round Table

Audience 6th - 12th
Subject Bible Teachers

1:50pm PDT

Forming Cultures of Sabbath and Joy for Teachers and Students

Thursday October 24, 2024 1:50pm - 2:50pm PDT

146

Feeling weary? Isolated? In need of encouragement? This session provides mindsets and practices designed to create greater degrees of rest, play, and connection within schools and classrooms—so that you and your students alike might find your time together more faith-building and life-giving!

Speakers

Kevin Taylor

Founder and Director, Wellspring Christian Education

Kevin is passionate about helping schools put faith into practice because young people need to know Jesus. He holds a doctorate in Religious Studies, a masters in Curriculum and Instruction, and has taught for over two decades in Christian schools in Guatemala, Kansas, and Colora... Read More →

Thursday October 24, 2024 1:50pm - 2:50pm PDT
146 Choir room, 1st floor

Session

Audience General
Subject Reformed World and Life View

3:00pm PDT

Incorporating TfT and Outdoor Ed

Thursday October 24, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

146

A fun way to incorporate TfT in grades PreK-2nd/3rd. Outdoor Ed for littles in an urban setting.

Chairperson

Janet Staal

Director of Nature Based and Outdoor Education, West Side Christian School

Janet Staal, BA in K-8 Education and a Master Naturalist Certification. Her journey from childhood explorations in West Michigan's woods to fostering nature-based education at WSCS reflects a lifelong commitment to teaching and glorifying God. Join us as she shares her passion for... Read More →

Speakers

Allison Westra

Preschool Teacher and Early Childhood Director, Muskegon Christian School

I would like to introduce Allison Westra. Shs is currently the Early Childhood Director at Muskegon Christian school. Allison is in her 9th year with MCS and 11th year teaching. She hopes to inspire you to try new things with TfT instruction and to love, learn, and lead for C... Read More →

Thursday October 24, 2024 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
146 Choir room, 1st floor

Session

Audience K - 4th
Subject Professional Development
Area Outdoor Education

9:00am PDT

A Meaningful Path to Lasting Multipication Fact Fluency

Friday October 25, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

146

What does it really mean to be fluent with multiplication facts? In this session, we will unpack the meaning of fluency and examine a trajectory for how students master their facts. Come explore how we can use Quick Looks, fact strategies, games, and formative assessment strategies to ensure all students develop lasting multiplication fact fluency.

Chairperson

Matt Hofman

Central Wisconsin Christian School

Speakers

Gina Kling

Professor, Hope College

Dr. Gina Kling has been blessed to serve the mathematics education community in a variety of ways throughout her teaching career of nearly 25 years. Gina is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and teaches mathematics... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
146 Choir room, 1st floor

Session

Audience 2nd - 5th
Subject Math

10:10am PDT

Writing Ideas that Give Kids an Audience

Friday October 25, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am PDT

146

Discover various ideas for authentic writing assignments for lower elementary students. Watch students take on ownership to their writing as they discover who will be reading their writings or what audience will hear their written words.

Chairperson

Michelle Klooster

Second Grade Teacher, Moline Christian School

Michelle has been teaching second grade at Moline Christian for about 5 years. She is married, has two grown daughters and two grandchildren.

Speakers

Alice Seif

2nd Grade Teacher, Dutton Christian School

Alice has taught students in Thunder Bay, Sierra Leone, Wyoming, ON, Nova Scotia and Dutton MI. She has taught any grade from first grade to high school English and economics. She grew up in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia and met her husband when going to Sierra Leone and came to Michigan... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 10:10am - 11:10am PDT
146 Choir room, 1st floor

Session

Audience 1st - 3rd
Subject Early Childhood Education
Area Writing